Augustin, King of Kung-Fu
7.3
1999
1h 24m
Comedy
The solitary and largely self-contained Augustin (Jean-Chretien Sibertin Blanc), on obscure young actor of bit-parts and advertisements, has but one ambition - to play the lead role in a Kung Fu epic. But hours of Kung Fu practice alone in his room are not enough. Augustin knows he must pack up and start a new life in China... or at least that part of China within bicycling distance: Chinatown in south-east Paris. There he meets Ling (Maggie Cheung), a young Chinese woman who practices ocupuncture, and little by little, Ling's needles awaken emotions in Augustin that his virginal body had never dreamed of. Where will this lead him? To Kung Fu stardom, maybe not, but to another destiny, a quirky but logical continuation of the same dream.
Key Crew
Director
Anne Fontaine
Writers
Anne Fontaine
Jacques Fieschi
Gilles Taurand
Cinematography
Christophe Pollock
Music
Olivier Lebé
Cast (16)
Bernard Campan
Boutinot
Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc
Augustin
